Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Joseph Spafford Correspondence
Title - Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford
Creator - Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866.
Date Created - 1862-11-09
Description - Writing from Camp Seward near Alexandria, Virginia, topics include a copy of Joseph Spafford’s accounts of camp life from October 24th until November 9th, 1862 with a note that he burns the letters he receives. Writes about tents, gunfire heard from a battle a distance away, on leave to visit Washington, D.C., liking his boy Daniel McAuliffe age 13 and wanting to take him with him to Vermont when the 9 months are up.
Subject - Military camps -- Virginia.
- United States Army -- Military life.
- Children and war.
- United States Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 16th (1862-1863).
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Juvenile.
Extent - 10 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2011-08-30, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 8/30/2011 6:45:34 PM
Access Conditions - Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to Vermont Historical Society Library, library@vermonthistory.org.
Access Conditions [Local] - No Copyright - United States
Identifier [Local] - cwvhsSpaffordJoseph59
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
Digital Format - image/tiff
Digital Format - Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi
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